This jail is currently under construction outside Nuuk, in one of the world’s most dramatic locations for such a facility
With renders that suggest a prison-break sci-fi set in space, the jail designed by Schmidt Hammer Lassen currently under construction outside Nuuk in Greenland surely has one of the world’s most dramatic locations for such a facility. The low, Corten-clad blocks are disaggregated into various functions and spread out over the terrain, some of them imbricating others in a De Stijl-like composition. Beyond the perimeter wall is an open section, within, the higher-security units, as well as health, fitness, work and educational facilities. The lowest portion of the sloping site is occupied by the residential block, from which extensive windows provide views over the wall to the craggy, snow-covered landscape. This falls away to the sea, surely discouraging any thoughts of escape (wouldn’t you rather be tucked-up in your cell?).
This case study is part of Typology: Prison. Read the full article here
